Since the 1980s, governments have often sought to encourage entrepreneurship on the assumption that it creates small businesses which are the primary drivers of job creation. Largely because of this assumption, entrepreneurship has become a valid subject for academic research attracting extensive funding. Yet despite this explosion of scholarship, there is no accepted model of how entrepreneurship operates or even a commonly accepted definition of what it is. Simon Bridge posits that this is because entrepreneurship has been studied as if it were a deterministic science, based on the false assumption that it exists as a specific discrete identifiable phenomenon operating in accordance with consistent, predictable 'rules'. This challenging book contends that this misdirected search has produced more questions than answers. Accepting that entrepreneurship as we have conceived it does not exist could lead to new and valuable insights into what the different forms of entrepreneurship are and how they might be influenced. Scholars, advanced students and policy makers will find this a thought-provoking insight into the myths and misconceptions of 'entrepreneurship'.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-13
9781138292680
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228321126
Product Key Features
Author
Simon Bridge
Publication Name
The Search for Entrepreneurship: Finding more Questions than Answers
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, Business
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
124 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
454g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Simon Bridge
Series Title
Routledge Focus on Business and Management
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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